ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TONIGHT AFTER BEING ARRESTED THIS WEEKEND. 40/29's EMILY MAHER SPOKE WITH THE CITY'S POLICE CHIEF ABOUT THE IMPACT ON HIS DEPARTMENT. SHE IS LIVE TONIGHT. IN JUST A FEW HOURS STUDENTS HERE AT THE LINCOLN SCHOOLS WILL BE HEADING BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM - BUT THEY WON'T BE SEEING THEIR USUAL RESOURCE OFFICER. ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TONY LEE WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEKEND AFTER THREATENING HIS WIFE. ACCORDING TO AN ARREST REPORT, LEE AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN ARGUING ABOUT THEIR KIDS PLAYING BASEBALL, WHEN HIS WIFE THREW A MEASURING TAPE AT HIS TRUCK. POLICE SAY LEE THEN CHARGED AT HIS WIFE WHO RAN INTO THE FAMILY'S HOME, LOCKING THE DOOR. DEPUTIES SAY LEE BROKE THE DOOR DOWN AND TACKLED HIS WIFE - SCREAMING AND YELLING AT HER. (SOT Russell Morphis, Lincoln Police Chief) "right now, his current status is he's been placed on administrative leave" LINCOLN POLICE CHIEF RUSSELL MORPHIS TOLD US OVER THE PHONE HE HASN'T DECIDED IF LEE WILL BE GETTING PAID WHILE ON LEAVE. (SOT Russell Morphis, Lincoln Police Chief) EM: "Is that a paid administrative leave? RM: "As of right now, I haven't made that determination yet" CHIEF MORPHIS SAYS HE'LL DECIDE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IF LEE WILL GETTING A PAYCHECK WHILE ON LEAVE. (SOT Russell Morphis, Lincoln Police Chief) "he's been here for about fifteen years" LEE'S BEEN SERVING AS THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF FOR ALMOST 5 OF THEM. BUT, THE POLICE CHIEF TELLS US AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF WORKING TOGETHER, THE CHARGES AGAINST LEE STILL COME AS A SURPRISE. (SOT Russell Morphis, Lincoln Police Chief) "Did I think it? No, I didn't think it. Did I expect it? No, I didn't expect it. Did I know it's a possibility, definitely knew it's a possibility" BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STUDENTS HERE AT LINCOLN'S SCHOOLS? WE WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A RESOURCE OFFICER HERE TOMORROW. CHIEF MORPHIS TELLS US YES, HE WILL ASSIGN ANOTHER OFFICER TO THE SCHOOLS. REPORTING LIVE IN LINCOLN, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. TONY LEE'S BAIL WAS SET AT 710- DOLLARS. HE BONDED OUT OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION